yeah, it probably has always made the game crash, certain level aspects don't allow for the proper render of certain items, some levels will not contain the correct data in order to execute firing the weapon, throwing it, r or show the texture file of the item. some items in particular like the pickaxe will only cause the game to crash if you attempt to use the action button while holding it. it is most likely because the lines of code used to complete that action were removed while the texture file and other aspects were left in-game. devs probably did not care too much considering the only way you can obtain it is through cheats.

Originally posted by goobs7605:

yeah, it probably has always made the game crash, certain level aspects don't allow for the proper render of certain items, some levels will not contain the correct data in order to execute firing the weapon, throwing it, r or show the texture file of the item. some items in particular like the pickaxe will only cause the game to crash if you attempt to use the action button while holding it. it is most likely because the lines of code used to complete that action were removed while the texture file and other aspects were left in-game. devs probably did not care too much considering the only way you can obtain it is through cheats.

Fascinating! Old post but thanks for the response. Before mods close this thread, I will say this:

During testing using the BMEditor (Hitman Blood Money Level Editor) I added the pickaxe and pitchfork to the First Mission, and they functioned... albeit invisible. Game still crashed if you dropped and picked them up and tried to use them, but the first time you acquired them allowed for their use without issue! Needs further testing, could just be a corrupt model or an incorrectly set flag.